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Castle of Tàrrega

Tàrrega, Urgell, Lleida

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Castle of Tàrrega

Monument · Tàrrega, Urgell, Lleida

Castle of possible Arab origin, in Tàrrega (Urgell, Lleida), documented since 1056, when Count Ramon Berenguer I of Barcelona gave it as a perpetual dowry to his wife Almodis, which established exclusive comital jurisdiction over it. From the 12th century a complex feudal structure was organised with several castellans; in 1069 the castellany was entrusted to Miró Ricolf de Pinós, with a garrison of twenty men. James I granted municipal statutes in 1242, and under Peter III the walls and fencing were restored in the mid-14th century. Today it survives in very poor condition: the oldest remains date from the 11th-12th centuries, and the best preserved part is the southern enclosing wall, from the 15th century. The town council acquired the ruins in 1984. It was declared a bien cultural de interés nacional (the highest heritage protection status in Catalonia) in 1985.

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